BAA E-Circular 00296 – 2007 June 28
On 2007 June 25 Jim Melka (USA) informed me about a dust storm spreading west from the northern Hellas basin
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Mars in 2005–06 – Second interim report
This report was published in the BAA Journal for 2006 June This second and final interim report briefly reviews other
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This report was published in the BAA Journal for 2006 February Mars was at perihelic opposition on 2005 November 7,
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This montage appears on the front cover of the February 2006 issue of the Journal. The ten smaller images by
Read moreDust storm alert – 2005 October 21
A significant martian dust storm is presently occupying much of the length of the great Valles Marineris canyon system, and
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Mars will be in perihelic opposition again on November 7 when its disk diameter (just exceeding 20 arcseconds at closest
Read moreMars in 2002–03 – Fifth interim report
General At the 2003 October AGM, I gave an illustrated summary of the apparition now ending. The present brief report
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More spacecraft on MarsBeagle 2 landed in Isidis Planitia (telescopic Isidis Regio) on Christmas morning 2003. Earlier, the Director had
Read moreBAA Circular – 2003 December 13
Dust storm activity A significant dust storm has broken out on Mars. Dr Donald Parker (USA) writes of his CCD
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Mars in 2002–03 – Fourth interim report
General The Section’s web site was heavily visited for the weeks around opposition, with some 200 visitors per day. The
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